Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Nathan “Nearest” Green (c.1820-?)
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New Orleans Dockworkers Riot (1894-1895)
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Mohammed Ali “Nicholas” Said (1836-1882)
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James Harden (1989- )

Explore Global African History

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Clotilda (Slave Ship)
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(1906) Isaka Seme, “The Regeneration of Africa”
Map of the Mali Empire
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Mali Empire (ca. 1200- )
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Deise Nunes Ferst (1968– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser’s Civil War Espionage
Coronavirus structure
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COVID-19: The Myth and the Reality for Black America
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom
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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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